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SB70-SSA2-SA2,176,1917 49.19 (4) (d) 3. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has been committed
18to the department pursuant to ch. 975, irrespective of the probable period of such
19commitment; or
SB70-SSA2-SA2,327 20Section 327. 49.19 (4) (d) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,176,2321 49.19 (4) (d) 4. Is the wife spouse of a husband person who has continuously
22abandoned or failed to support him or her, if proceedings have been commenced
23against the husband person under ch. 769; or
SB70-SSA2-SA2,328 24Section 328. 49.19 (4) (d) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,177,4
149.19 (4) (d) 5. Has been divorced and is without a husband spouse or legally
2separated from his or her husband spouse and is unable through use of the provisions
3of law to compel his or her former husband spouse to adequately support the child
4for whom aid is sought; or
SB70-SSA2-SA2,329 5Section 329 . 49.345 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,178,26 49.345 (2) Except as provided in sub. (14) (b) and (c), any person, including a
7person placed under s. 48.32 (1) (am) or (b), 48.345 (3), 48.357 (1) or (2m), 938.183,
8938.34 (3) or (4d), or 938.357 (1), (2m), (4), or (5) (e), receiving care, maintenance,
9services, and supplies provided by any institution in this state, in which the state is
10chargeable with all or part of the person's care, maintenance, services, and supplies,
11and the person's property and estate, including the homestead, and the spouse of the
12person, and the spouse's property and estate, including the homestead, and, in the
13case of a minor child, the parents of the person, and their property and estates,
14including their homestead, and, in the case of a foreign child described in s. 48.839
15(1) who became dependent on public funds for his or her primary support before an
16order granting his or her adoption, the resident of this state appointed guardian of
17the child by a foreign court who brought the child into this state for the purpose of
18adoption, and his or her property and estate, including his or her homestead, shall
19be liable for the cost of the care, maintenance, services, and supplies in accordance
20with the fee schedule established by the department under s. 49.32 (1). If a spouse,
21widow surviving spouse, or minor, or an incapacitated person may be lawfully
22dependent upon the property for his or her support, the court shall release all or such
23part of the property and estate from the charges that may be necessary to provide for
24the person. The department shall make every reasonable effort to notify the liable

1persons as soon as possible after the beginning of the maintenance, but the notice or
2the receipt of the notice is not a condition of liability.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,330 3Section 330. 49.43 (12) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,178,64 49.43 (12) “Spouse" means the legal husband or wife of person to whom the
5beneficiary is legally married, whether or not the person is eligible for medical
6assistance.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,331 7Section 331. 49.471 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,178,88 49.471 (1) (b) 2. A stepfather, stepmother stepparent, stepbrother, or stepsister.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,332 9Section 332. 49.90 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,179,1110 49.90 (4) The circuit court shall in a summary way hear the allegations and
11proofs of the parties and by order require maintenance from these relatives, if they
12have sufficient ability, considering their own future maintenance and making
13reasonable allowance for the protection of the property and investments from which
14they derive their living and their care and protection in old age, in the following
15order: First the husband or wife spouse; then the father and the mother parents; and
16then the grandparents in the instances in which sub. (1) (a) 2. applies. The order
17shall specify a sum which that will be sufficient for the support of the dependent
18person under sub. (1) (a) 1. or the maintenance of a child of a dependent person under
19sub. (1) (a) 2., to be paid weekly or monthly, during a period fixed by the order or until
20the further order of the court. If the court is satisfied that any such relative is unable
21wholly to maintain the dependent person or the child, but is able to contribute to the
22person's support or the child's maintenance, the court may direct 2 or more of the
23relatives to maintain the person or the child and prescribe the proportion each shall
24contribute. If the court is satisfied that these relatives are unable together wholly
25to maintain the dependent person or the child, but are able to contribute to the

1person's support or the child's maintenance, the court shall direct a sum to be paid
2weekly or monthly by each relative in proportion to ability. Contributions directed
3by court order, if for less than full support, shall be paid to the department of health
4services or the department of children and families, whichever is appropriate, and
5distributed as required by state and federal law. An order under this subsection that
6relates to maintenance required under sub. (1) (a) 2. shall specifically assign
7responsibility for and direct the manner of payment of the child's health care
8expenses, subject to the limitations under subs. (1) (a) 2. and (11). Upon application
9of any party affected by the order and upon like notice and procedure, the court may
10modify such an order. Obedience to such an order may be enforced by proceedings
11for contempt.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,333 12Section 333. 54.01 (36) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,179,1713 54.01 (36) (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or
14judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, if the
15decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless the 2 subsequently
16participated in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each other or they
17subsequently held themselves out as husband and wife married to each other.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,334 18Section 334. 54.960 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,179,2519 54.960 (1) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple
20beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests
21for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of
22husband and wife 2 individuals who are married to each other, for whom
23survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the
24instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship or
25survivorship is required as to marital property.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,335
1Section 335. 69.03 (15) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,180,52 69.03 (15) Periodically provide to each county child support agency under s.
359.53 (5) a list of names and, notwithstanding s. 69.20 (2) (a), addresses of registrants
4who reside in that county for whom no father's only one parent's name has been
5inserted on the registrant's birth record within 6 months of birth.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,336 6Section 336. 69.11 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,180,207 69.11 (4) (b) The state registrar may amend an item on a birth record that
8affects information about the name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parent's name,
9or parent's marital status of the mother if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence
10of the event that is the subject of the birth record, if the amendment is at the request
11of a person with a direct and tangible interest in the record and is in the manner
12prescribed by the state registrar, and if the amendment is accompanied by 2 items
13of documentary evidence from early childhood that are sufficient to prove that the
14item to be changed is in error and by the affidavit of the person requesting the
15amendment. A change in the marital status on the birth record may be made under
16this paragraph only if the marital status is inconsistent with information concerning
17the father or husband
that appears on the birth record. This paragraph may not be
18used to add to or delete from a birth record the name of a parent, to change the
19identity of a parent named on the birth record, or to effect a name change prohibited
20under s. 301.47.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,337 21Section 337. 69.12 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,181,222 69.12 (5) A change in the marital status on the record of birth may be requested
23under this section only if the marital status is inconsistent with father or husband
24information appearing on the birth record. This section may not be used to add or

1delete the name of a parent on the record of birth or change the identity of either
2parent named on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,338 3Section 338. 69.13 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,181,84 69.13 (2) (b) 4. If relevant to the correction sought, a certified copy of a marriage
5document, divorce or annulment record, or a final divorce decree that indicates that
6the mother was not married to the person listed as her husband spouse at any time
7during the pregnancy, a legal name change order, or any other legal document that
8clarifies the disputed information.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,339 9Section 339. 69.14 (1) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,181,1310 69.14 (1) (c) 4. In the absence of a person under subds. 1. to 3., the father or
11mother, father, or mother's spouse, or in the absence of the father or the mother's
12spouse
and the inability of the mother, the person responsible for the premises where
13the birth occurs.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,340 14Section 340. 69.14 (1) (e) (title) and 1. of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,181,2015 69.14 (1) (e) (title) Father's Spouse's or father's name. 1. If Except as provided
16in par. (h), if
the mother of a registrant under this section was married at any time
17from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the name of the husband spouse
18of the mother shall be entered on the birth record as the a legal father parent of the
19registrant. The name of the father parent entered under this subdivision may not
20be changed except by a proceeding under ch. 767.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,341 21Section 341. 69.14 (1) (f) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,182,222 69.14 (1) (f) 1. a. Except as provided under subd. 1. b., if the mother of a
23registrant of a birth record under this section is married to the father of the
24registrant
at any time from the conception to the birth of the registrant, the given
25name and surname which that the mother and father of the registrant and her

1spouse
enter for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
2surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,182,113 b. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is married
4to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
5registrant and the mother is separated or divorced from the father of the registrant
6at the time of birth, the given name and surname which that the parent of the
7registrant with actual custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be
8the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record, except that if
9a court has granted legal custody of the registrant, the given name and surname
10which that the person with legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record
11shall be the given name and surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,182,1912 c. If the mother of a registrant of a birth record under this section is not married
13to the father of the registrant at any time from the conception to the birth of the
14registrant, the given name and surname which that the mother of the registrant
15enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and surname
16filed and registered on the birth record, except that if a court has granted legal
17custody of the registrant, the given name and surname which that the person with
18legal custody enters for the registrant on the birth record shall be the given name and
19surname filed and registered on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,342 20Section 342. 69.14 (1) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,221 69.14 (1) (g) Birth by artificial insemination. If the registrant of a birth record
22under this section is born as a result of artificial insemination under the
23requirements of s. 891.40, the husband spouse of the woman person inseminated
24shall be considered the father a parent of the registrant on the birth record. If the
25registrant is born as a result of artificial insemination which does not satisfy the

1requirements of s. 891.40, the information about the father of the registrant shall be
2omitted from the registrant's birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,343 3Section 343. 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,74 69.14 (2) (b) 2. d. The full name of the father or the mother's spouse, except that
5if the mother was not married at the time of conception or birth or between conception
6and birth of the registrant, the name of the father may not be entered except as
7provided under s. 69.15 (3).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,344 8Section 344. 69.15 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,139 69.15 (1) Birth record information changes. The state registrar may change
10information on a birth record registered in this state which was correct at the time
11the birth record was filed under a court or administrative order issued in this state,
12in another state or in Canada or under the valid order of a court of any federally
13recognized Indian tribe, band, or nation if all of the following occur:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,1514 (a) The order provides for an adoption, name change, or name change with sex
15change or establishes paternity; and or parentage.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,183,2016 (b) A clerk of court or, for a paternity or parentage action, a clerk of court or
17county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5), sends the state registrar a certified
18report of an order of a court in this state in the method prescribed by the state
19registrar or, in the case of any other order, the state registrar receives a certified copy
20of the order and the proper fee under s. 69.22.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,345 21Section 345. 69.15 (3) (title) and (a) (intro.), 1., 2. and 3. of the statutes are
22amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,223 69.15 (3) (title) Paternity Parentage. (a) (intro.) If the state registrar receives
24an order under sub. (1) that establishes paternity or determines that the man person
25whose name appears on a registrant's birth record is not the father parent of the

1registrant, or a report under s. 767.804 (1) (c) that shows a conclusive determination
2of paternity, the state registrar shall do the following, as appropriate:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,63 1. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting the father's parent's name if
4the order determines that the man person whose name appears on a registrant's
5birth record is not the father parent of the registrant and if there is no adjudicated
6father.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,97 2. Prepare under sub. (6) a new record for the subject of a paternity action
8changing the name of the father parent if the name of the adjudicated father is
9different than the name of the man person on the birth record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,1210 3. Except as provided under subd. 4., insert the name of the adjudicated or
11conclusively determined father on the original birth record if the name of the father
12that parent was omitted on the original record.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,346 13Section 346. 69.15 (3) (b) 1., 2., 3. and 4. (intro.), a. and b. of the statutes are
14amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,184,2315 69.15 (3) (b) 1. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives
16a statement acknowledging paternity parentage in the manner prescribed by the
17state registrar and signed by both of the birth natural parents of a child determined
18to be a marital child under s. 767.803, a certified copy of the parents' marriage record,
19and the fee required under s. 69.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name
20of the husband spouse of the person who gave birth from the marriage record as the
21father parent if the name of the father that parent was omitted on the original birth
22record. The state registrar shall include for the acknowledgment the items in s.
23767.813 (5g).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,324 2. Except as provided under par. (c), if the parent of a child determined to be
25a marital child under s. 767.803 dies after his or her marriage and before the

1statement acknowledging paternity parentage has been signed, the state registrar
2shall insert the name of the father parent under subd. 1. upon receipt of a court order
3determining that the husband spouse was the father parent of the child.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,144 3. Except as provided under par. (c), if the state registrar receives a statement
5acknowledging paternity parentage in the method prescribed by the state registrar
6and signed by both parents, neither of whom was under the age of 18 years when the
7form was signed, along with the fee under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall insert the
8name of the father parent under subd. 1. The state registrar shall mark the record
9to show that the acknowledgement is on file. The acknowledgement shall be
10available to the department of children and families or a county child support agency
11under s. 59.53 (5) pursuant to the program responsibilities under s. 49.22 or to any
12other person with a direct and tangible interest in the record. The state registrar
13shall include on the acknowledgment the information in s. 767.805 and the items in
14s. 767.813 (5g).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,1915 4. (intro.) If a registrant has not reached the age of 18 years and if any of the
16following indicate, in a statement acknowledging paternity parentage under subd.
171. or 3., that the given name or surname, or both, of the registrant should be changed
18on the birth record, the state registrar shall enter the name indicated on the birth
19record without a court order:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,2120 a. The mother of the parent who gave birth to the registrant, except as provided
21under subd. 4. b. and c.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,185,2322 b. The father of natural parent who did not give birth to the registrant if the
23father
that parent has legal custody of the registrant.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,347 24Section 347. 69.15 (3) (b) 3m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,186,7
169.15 (3) (b) 3m. Except as provided in par. (c), if the state registrar receives
2an acknowledgement of parentage on a form prescribed by the state registrar and
3signed by both of the people presumed to be natural parents under s. 891.41 (1) (b),
4a certified copy of the parents' marriage certificate, and the fee required under s.
569.22 (5) (b) 1., the state registrar shall insert the name of the spouse from the
6marriage certificate as a parent if the name of that parent was omitted on the original
7birth certificate.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,348 8Section 348. 69.15 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,186,119 69.15 (3) (d) The method prescribed by the state registrar for acknowledging
10paternity parentage shall require that the social security number of each of the
11registrant's parents be provided.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,349 12Section 349. 69.15 (3m) (title) and (a) (intro.) of the statutes are amended to
13read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,186,1714 69.15 (3m) (title) Rescission of statement acknowledging paternity
15parentage. (a) (intro.) A statement acknowledging paternity parentage that is filed
16with the state registrar under sub. (3) (b) 3. may be rescinded by either person who
17signed the statement as a parent of the registrant if all of the following apply:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,350 18Section 350. 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,186,2319 69.15 (3m) (a) 3. The person rescinding the statement files a rescission in the
20method prescribed under subd. 2. before the day on which a court or circuit court
21commissioner makes an order in an action affecting the family involving the man
22person who signed the statement and the child who is the subject of the statement
23or before 60 days elapse after the statement was filed, whichever occurs first.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,224 (b) If the state registrar, within the time required under par. (a) 3., receives a
25rescission in the method prescribed by the state registrar, along with the proper fee

1under s. 69.22, the state registrar shall prepare under sub. (6) a new record omitting
2the father's parent's name if it was inserted under sub. (3) (b).
SB70-SSA2-SA2,351 3Section 351. 71.03 (2) (d) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,44 71.03 (2) (d) (title) Husband and wife Spouses joint filing.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,352 5Section 352. 71.03 (2) (d) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,86 71.03 (2) (d) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. and par. (e), a husband
7and a wife
spouses may file a joint return for income tax purposes even though one
8of the spouses has no gross income or no deductions.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,353 9Section 353. 71.03 (2) (d) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,1310 71.03 (2) (d) 2. No joint return may be filed if either the husband or wife spouse
11at any time during the taxable year is a nonresident alien, unless an election is in
12effect for the taxable year under section 6013 (g) or (h) of the internal revenue code
13Internal Revenue Code.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,354 14Section 354. 71.03 (2) (d) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,187,2115 71.03 (2) (d) 3. No joint return may be filed if the husband and wife spouses
16have different taxable years, except that if their taxable years begin on the same day
17and end on different days because of the death of either or both the joint return may
18be filed with respect to the taxable year of each unless the surviving spouse remarries
19before the close of his or her taxable year or unless the taxable year of either spouse
20is a fractional part of a year under section 443 (a) (1) of the internal revenue code
21Internal Revenue Code.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,355 22Section 355. 71.03 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,188,1223 71.03 (2) (g) Joint return following separate return. Except as provided in par.
24(i), if an individual has filed a separate return for a taxable year for which a joint
25return could have been filed by the individual and the individual's spouse under par.

1(d) or (e) and the time prescribed by law for timely filing the return for that taxable
2year has expired, the individual and the individual's spouse may file a joint return
3for that taxable year. A joint return filed by the husband and wife spouses under this
4paragraph is their return for that taxable year, and all payments, credits, refunds
5or other repayments made or allowed with respect to the separate return of each
6spouse for that taxable year shall be taken into account in determining the extent
7to which the tax based upon the joint return has been paid. If a joint return is filed
8under this paragraph, any election, other than the election to file a separate return,
9made by either spouse in that spouse's separate return for that taxable year with
10respect to the treatment of any income, deduction or credit of that spouse may not
11be changed in the filing of the joint return if that election would have been irrevocable
12if the joint return had not been filed.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,356 13Section 356. 71.03 (2) (m) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,188,1714 71.03 (2) (m) 2. If a husband and wife spouses change from a joint return to
15separate returns within the time prescribed in subd. 1., the tax paid on the joint
16return shall be allocated between them in proportion to the tax liability shown on
17each separate return.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,357 18Section 357. 71.03 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,319 71.03 (4) (a) Natural persons whose total income is not in excess of $10,000 and
20consists entirely of wages subject to withholding for Wisconsin tax purposes and not
21more than $200 total of dividends, interest and other wages not subject to Wisconsin
22withholding, and who have elected the Wisconsin standard deduction and have not
23claimed either the credit for homestead property tax relief or deductions for expenses
24incurred in earning such income, shall, at their election, not be required to record on
25their income tax returns the amount of the tax imposed on their Wisconsin taxable

1income. Married persons shall be permitted this election only if the joint income of
2the husband and wife spouses does not exceed $10,000, if both report their incomes
3on the same joint income tax return form, and if both make this election.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,358 4Section 358. 71.05 (22) (a) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,65 71.05 (22) (a) (title) Election of deductions; husband and wife spousal
6deductions.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,359 7Section 359. 71.07 (5m) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,98 71.07 (5m) (a) 3. “Household" means a claimant and an individual related to
9the claimant as husband or wife his or her spouse.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,360 10Section 360. 71.07 (9e) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,1411 71.07 (9e) (b) No credit may be allowed under this subsection to married
12persons, except married persons living apart who are treated as single under section
137703 (b) of the internal revenue code Internal Revenue Code, if the husband and wife
14spouses report their income on separate income tax returns for the taxable year.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,361 15Section 361. 71.09 (13) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,189,2316 71.09 (13) (a) 2. The tax shown on the return for the preceding year. If a
17husband and wife
spouses who filed separate returns for the preceding taxable year
18file a joint return, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the sum of
19the taxes shown on the separate returns of the husband and wife spouses. If a
20husband and wife
spouses who filed a joint return for the preceding taxable year file
21separate returns, the tax shown on the return for the preceding year is the husband's
22or wife's
each spouse's proportion of that tax based on what their respective tax
23liabilities for that year would have been had they filed separately.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,362 24Section 362. 71.52 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,190,2
171.52 (4) “Household" means a claimant and an individual related to the
2claimant as husband or wife his or her spouse.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,363 3Section 363. 71.83 (1) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB70-SSA2-SA2,190,104 71.83 (1) (a) 8. `Joint return replacing separate returns.' If the amount shown
5as the tax by the husband and wife spouses on a joint return filed under s. 71.03 (2)
6(g) to (L) exceeds the sum of the amounts shown as the tax upon the separate return
7of each spouse and if any part of that excess is attributable to negligence or
8intentional disregard of this chapter, but without intent to defraud, at the time of the
9filing of that separate return, then 25 percent of the total amount of that excess shall
10be added to the tax.
SB70-SSA2-SA2,364 11Section 364. 71.83 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
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